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The word 'eighteen' is a noun and an adjective(not a pronoun).

All numbers are nouns, numbers are things: My apartment is number eighteen.

All numbers are adjectives when used to describe a noun: The director said there are eighteen roles to fill.

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It can be, when it quantifies a noun (e.g. 18 boys). Numbers can be nouns or pronouns when they are not modifying other nouns.

*some grammar analyses classify numbers used with nouns as determiners, because they do not actually represent a characteristic of the noun.

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Sixteen is a cardinal number, and both an adjective and a noun.

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It can be, when it precedes a plural noun and indicates how many there are. The cardinal number eighteen (18) can also be a noun or pronoun.

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